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Sciarone, A. G. – IRAL, 1970
Although critical of some of the claims made for contrastive analysis in the past, this article treats contrastive analysis as a useful pursuit which can contribute to language learning. (FB)
Descriptors: Child Language, Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, Dutch
Peer reviewedSelinker, Larry – Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, 1972
Two questions, what is a contrastive grammar, and what is comparable across linguistic systems, are touched on. The problem of the exact relationship of contrastive linguistics to linguistic theory is addressed. Two perhaps mutually exclusive views are discussed. See FL 508 197 for availability. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, Discourse Analysis
Peer reviewedFlynn, Suzanne – Language Learning, 1987
The parameter-setting model of universal grammar provides a basis for integrating two theories of second language acquisition: contrastive analysis and creative construction. The elicited responses of adult native speakers of Spanish and adult native speakers of Japanese were examined. The head-initial/head-final parameter was the principle…
Descriptors: Child Language, Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, English (Second Language)
Pierce, Joe E. – 1979
A variety of types of evidence are examined to help determine the true nature of "deep structure" and what, if any, implications this has for linguistic theory as well as culture theory generally. The evidence accumulated over the past century on the nature of phonetic and phonemic systems is briefly discussed, and the following areas of…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Child Language, Consonants, Contrastive Linguistics
Wardhaugh, Ronald – 1974
This volume is a collection of articles which are concerned with the field of applied linguistics. Part One, "Language and Linguistics," includes two articles: "Language" and "The Relevance of Linguistics." Part Two, "Linguistics and Spelling," consists of one article, "Sounds and Spellings; Spellings and Sounds." Part Three, "Linguistics and…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Contrastive Linguistics, Dialects
PDF pending restorationBorn, Warren C., Ed. – 1977
These reports deal with language as a whole: its nature, its history, its relationship to culture, its acquisition, the immediate uses to which it can be put, and the development in students of an appreciation for the ability to use a foreign language. The book is divided into three main sections: Acquisition, Application, and Appreciation. For…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Aptitude, Careers, Child Language
Clahsen, Harald, Ed. – 1996
The collection of essays and studies concerning generative grammar and first and second language acquisition includes: "The Optional-Infinitive Stage in Child English: Evidence from Negation" (Tony Harris, Ken Wexler); "Towards a Structure-Building Model of Acquisition" (Andrew Radford); "The Underspecification of…
Descriptors: Basque, Child Language, Contrastive Linguistics, English
